text: [[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mih-feature-photo.jpg]]->''I know a place where no one's lost,\\I know a place where no one cries,\\Crying at all is not allowed,\\Not in my castle on a cloud.''-->-- '''Cosette''', ''Theatre/LesMiserables''Sometimes the outside world can be a cold, cruel place, full of mean, hurtful people and scads of [[ChewToy author-induced pain]]. That's why the best solution to a world bent on making you suffer can be to just curl up into a TroubledFetalPosition, suck your thumb, and go to a Happy Place inside your head. The Happy Place is rarely uninhabited though; it may be populated by [[{{fanservice}} scantily clad harem girls/boys]], {{Spirit Advisor}}s, an [[GhostInTheMachine inner child or three]], or if one is particularly unlucky they'll be roommates (headmates?) with a SplitPersonality, SuperpoweredEvilSide or EnemyWithin, the troublesome roomies usually want to [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind pick a fight.]]A character interacting with others (or himself) in their Happy Place is a good way of giving them depth and explaining their motivation without having them act out of character in the show. TheStoic or TheQuietOne who will never talk about the trauma that left them so may well relive it inside their mind, confronting a [[EnemyWithin spectre of their guilt]] in the form of a dead loved one or other inner conflicts. In its extreme the dreamer may make a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, sometimes accompanied by another.Some characters are lucky and have their trip to the Happy Place happen outside of a show's real time, making their time and exposition there happen "instantly." A CloudCuckooLander is seldom so lucky. They may enter a fugue state or literally go [[ConvenientComa catatonic]] while visiting their Happy Place, though this may sometimes be for the best if it's induced by emotional or physical trauma. Usually this depends on the nature of the Happy Place. Then again, the reason the CloudCuckooLander is so strange might be because they live ''there'' and visit real life.There is one significant danger to the Happy Place, that being that if the resident has been sufficiently abused in the real world they might choose not to go back despite [[SchrodingersButterfly realizing it's fake]].Kinds of Happy Place:* InnerMonologue, a safe place for the character to get on a soapbox.* AllJustADream (a la Dorothy, in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' film adaptation).* Personal getaway and spa, ideal for escaping [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]] and stressful situations.* SittingOnTheRoof* MadnessPlace: The hyper-productive creative fugue state of the MadScientist.For some reason, the Happy Place is often a beach of some sort.See also AllJustADream, ConvenientComa, DreamSequence, ArcadianInterlude, GhostInTheMachine, JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, and SpiritAdvisor.Compare with CuckooNest, TheFinalTemptation, HappyFlashback and LotusEaterMachine. This is often how {{Heaven}} is represented. Contrast BlackBugRoom, which is just the opposite of a Happy Place.This is in fact TruthInTelevision and is a short term way that many people with anxiety use to slowly function in the world.----!!Examples[[foldercontrol]][[folder:Advertising]]* Sky TV ran a series of advertisements where a person is shown in a stressful situation, reciting lines from their favourite shows. Their tagline being "Sky - your Happy Place!"[[/folder]][[folder:Anime and Manga]]* In ''ChronoCrusade'', Rosette takes a distraught Azmaria out to a beautiful lake surrounded by forest to cheer her up. Chrono notes that it looks very similar to the area where he first met Rosette, and it seems as though she comes out there often when she's upset. [[spoiler:In the middle of their trip there, a demon comes and attacks them, kidnapping Azmaria and setting the forest ablaze. Although it's only briefly shown, it's obvious that Rosette is shocked at seeing her personal Happy Place destroyed.]]* In ''Manga/ShamanKing'' Bokuto no Ryu is constantly on the hunt for his. [[spoiler: He joins Yoh to help him in his fight against Hao after he finds out that his best place was on his side.]]* Lily's flashbacks in ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Chronicles Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' show that she created one for her to escape in during her time as a lab experiment. It was during this period, when she was trying to escape from her gruesome reality, that she started to lose both [[CuteMute her voice]] and her memories.* On one episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Lita is making okonomiyaki while obviously in a very bad mood. When her friends try to get her to talk about it she says "I am not angry! I am in my happy place!"* In ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', Sosuke has a real-life Happy Place, revealed at the end of the third novel (or the first anime): It's a secluded corner of Mithril's island base where he can just kick back and do some fishing. It may be the only place in the world where the perpetually battle-ready Sosuke actually unwinds and has fun, and he brings Kaname there because he wanted to share it with her.* In the ''Hinageshi'' arc of the ''[[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Higurashi]]'' manga, [[spoiler: ''the entire plot'' takes place in one of these, save for a little scene at the end.]] Tired and disappointed in herself because she failed a college prep test, a lonely Mion returns to Hinamizawa, her home. Hurt when her friends seem to have moved on without her (they don't make time to welcome her back, a ceremonial doll that represents her is gone from the group of dolls that symbolize them- ItMakesSenseInContext-) she gradually becomes more isolated and depressed, thinking that she doesn't have a place in Hinamizawa anymore. Suddenly, she wakes up in her own room, friends surrounding her. They explain that she's recovering from the effects of a bad fever, and tell her that they thought she was coming back a week later than she did, and that her doll was removed to be repainted. This makes Mion feel better, and she cries TearsOfJoy, and everyone is happy. [[spoiler: And ''then'' the manga switches to showing a comatose Mion, propped up in a hospital bed. For the first time since she fell into the coma, a doctor comments, Mion shows signs of life- she's crying, but still doesn't wake up. It's then that the reader learns this arc is actually a sequel to one in which the Hinamizawa Disaster occurred. This means that Mion was the only survivor of her village being ''annihilated,'' and, because she couldn't cope with the pain, stayed permanently in her happy place- her dreams.]]** It actually gets even sadder when one realises the metaphor: [[spoiler: Mion starts said arc bitterly disappointed at her failure, and wants more than anything her friends to tell her that they forgive said failure. Does this means she blames ''herself'' for the Disaster occurring?]][[/folder]][[folder:Audio Book]]* The French audiobook ("saga mp3" in French) ''Trimoria''. The main character builts a shelter in his own mind and enters into it by getting his head trapped in a microwaves. No comments about the fact that [[DontTryThisAtHome in reality, that would kill him]]. This inner kingdom has the name of Trimoria and makes the despair of the character's therapist.[[/folder]][[folder:Comic Books]]* In ''Comicbook/TheSandman'', a confused superhero couple, Hector and Lyta Hall, live inside the Happy Place of an abused boy called Jed. Hector thinks he's a hero called the Sandman who fights monsters that invade the dreams of children, but somehow he doesn't notice that Jed is the only child he ever meets. This is all based on an older comic, also called ''The Sandman''. In the new continuity, however, it turns out that the Halls' servants deliberately arranged for Jed to be mistreated so he would create this dream-place to escape to, where the servants could hide from the real Sandman.* ''TheMaxx'' was based on this trope, with half of the action taking place in the Outback, a prehistoric dream world created by [[spoiler:Julie as an escape from a near-fatal sexual assault]].** Later in the series it is revealed other people also have their Outbacks, including [[spoiler:Sarah, and maybe Dave/the Maxx himself]].* One issue of ''[[TheNewUniverse Nightmask]]'' involves a man whose wife and young daughter were murdered, and who has slipped into a catatonic Happy Place where they're still alive. The recently-orphaned protagonist is supposed to use his [[DreamWeaver dream-walking abilities]] to bring the man out, but he's not sure he wants to, especially since it involves "killing" the dream family.* In ''SupermanRedSon'', Hal Jordan was a former POW, eventually chosen by LexLuthor to wear the [[GreenLantern Power Ring]] because of the elaborate version of this he constructed as a survival mechanism while being tortured. In his, he literally imagined himself building a prison for his captors in real time. The time it would take him to dig a hole or chop down a tree or take a break was imagined in his head until finally after years of real time imagination, he had "constructed" the prison and set about killing each of his captors in what he called the most glorious night of his life.[[/folder]][[folder:Films -- Animated]]* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Darla is tapping on the fishtank glass where Peach the starfish is, singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". Peach cries "Find a happy place" three times as she falls off.* In ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', Sykes is told to go into his happy place when Oscar accidentally ticks him off so much. He retorts that "there ''is'' no happy place with him around!"** Later at the seahorse race: When Sykes sees the horse Oscar bet his clams on lose the race, Oscar nervously reminds him to find his happy place again, not that it does any good.* In the ''Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon'' short film on the ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' DVD (2nd disc), Snotlout says this twice in a row.[[/folder]][[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]* In ''Film/FightClub'', The Narrator's happy place is a frozen cave occupied by his power animal--a talking penguin. He tries to enter it later to escape the pain of chemical burn, but Tyler Durden pulls him out. Now, ''[[FridgeLogic how]]'' [[ItWasHisSled would Tyler know about that?]]-->''"Slide."''** Narrator: ''"I'm going to my cave! I'm going to my cave and I'm going to find my power animal!"''* In ''Film/HappyGilmore'', Happy's mentor encourages him to find his Happy Place in order to curb his anger and improve his golf game; said Happy Place consists of his grandmother being wealthy and his girlfriend wearing slinky lingerie and holding a mug of beer in each hand. [[AndZoidberg And a midget cowboy, who appears nowhere else.]] Subverted when, at one point, the {{Jerkass}} rival has him so psyched out that the Happy Place doesn't work, and the rival invades it, making out with Happy's [[{{Squick}} grandmother]] and his girlfriend. Then double-subverted when Happy finally manages to relax, and the Happy Place is idyllic again - and his dead golf mentor is now a piano-playing angel.* The Nexus from ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.* ''Film/{{Brazil}}''. [[DownerEnding Perhaps the]] ''[[DownerEnding un]]''[[DownerEnding happiest invocation of the trope ever]].* The plot of the [[TheKidsInTheHall Kids in the Hall]] [[TheMovie feature film]] ''Brain Candy'' revolved around a new anti-depressant wonder drug which worked by constantly replaying the patient's happiest memory, thereby making impossible for them to be miserable.* ''Film/LittleOdessa'': after the [[spoiler:deaths of his mother and brother]] the [[TheQuietOne morose]] [[HitmanWithAHeart protagonist]] sits alone in his car and imagines the three of them sitting quietly side by side in a bedroom in their home (from which he had been banished).* Played to the hilt in ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' when Lloyd encounters Sea Bass in the service station restroom.* ''Film/SuckerPunch'' is an especially confusing example- it shifts between at least three levels of reality, and in two of them- you know the badass {{Nakama}} of {{Action Girl}}s who've been following our protagonist and helping her fight her fears and grow stronger? Yeah, they're actually figments of her imagination. A [[http://www.slashfilm.com/defense-sucker-punch-uncovering-method-zack-snyders-madness/ blog entry]] tries to explain the madness, but even so, the film remains confusing- it's either a disgustingly misogynistic 'popcorn movie' that combined an incomprehensible plot with masses of fanservice, or a serious movie about a girl overcoming the trauma of sexual abuse to free herself from an insane asylum that mocks the very people who watch it for the fanservice. There are arguments to be made for both sides, and neither can really explain why the film has that dragon-slaying scene- though that likely falls under symbolism and RuleOfCool. [[/folder]][[folder:Literature]]* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Ward's happy place is his home, castle Hurog. He visits it when [[spoiler: his brother Tosten is tortured to make Ward talk.]] Also, his mother's garden, but that's part of the castle. It is the only place where his mother is sober and normal, as it is his memory of her, not her [[TheOphelia actual self]], that talks to him. * In the Creator/TamoraPierce ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' books, Briar creates a magical Happy Place for himself and his foster-sisters; the mental place in question is of the SittingOnTheRoof category, and is the place where the four first solidified their friendship as children. It acts as an extension of their returned telepathy.* In the book version of ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'', Westley endures torture by imagining himself with Buttercup. However, this only works until Count Rugen brings in [[MindProbe The Machine]].* [[Literature/{{Hannibal}} Hannibal Lecter]] built an entire Happy Palace, filled with his memories of culture and fine arts. He used it to endure his time in prison, and on long airline rides.* In the Creator/StephenKing-as-Richard-Bachman book ''Literature/TheRegulators'', autistic and telepathic Seth manages to create such a refuge for his aunt/guardian Audrey (using a vacation she took in her college days as source material) to give her a way to get away from Tak's various torments.** And in ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'', Sheemie Ruiz, a powerful but mentally-disabled psychic, can create a ''physical'' happy place with his mind, and sends the protagonists there to protect them.* In one of the ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' books, Taylor tortures Tobias by deliberately putting him in his happy place, then switching to unbearable pain, then back, and forth, and so on. This kept him from using his anti-emotion (including pain) mechanism.* In the Literature/TheTaleOfTheFive series by Creator/DianeDuane, one character has a HiveMind of dragon spirits in her head, and she's in a relationship with one of them.* Blue and pink feathers in ''Literature/{{Vurt}}''.* Sleepy of Literature/TheBlackCompany has a secret place to retreat into mentally when very frightened, or when confronted with sexual tension. It's strongly implied, though never really confirmed, that it stems from sexual abuse in childhood.* Taken rather literally in Literature/TheTripods. Human servants who can no longer serve The Masters go to The Place Of Happy Release (aka instant death from some kind of vapor ray).* In Anne Fine's Taking the Devils Advice the protagonist had a pretty miserable childhood and would escape into flights of fancy, training his mind for great philosophical feats, allowing him a rewarding career, if not a happy home life.* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire,'' Jaime and Brienne are captured by a gang of bandits. Jaime advises Brienne to go into her happy place when they try to rape her, instead of fighting back; attacking them will only make them angrier and likely to mutilate or kill her. Brienne, being a very staunch ActionGirl, refuses the idea, and later Jaime is able to think up an idea that will keep the bandits from raping her at all...though it's a near miss.** We later find out why Jaime advised this in particular. In his youth, Jaime was a knight sworn to protect a very insane, sadistic king. In particular, he was ForcedToWatch while said king killed innocent people in horrific ways, and could not reconcile his honour (which demanded he serve the king faithfully) with his conscience. Thus, he used this trope frequently (the thing he visualized, in particular, was being safe and happy with Cersei, his lover.) However, when the king announced his intention to ''burn everyone in the capital city to death,'' just to spite those coming to conquer it, Jaime was so completely horrified that he could not stand by. That's why he's known as the Kingslayer when the books begin, and reviled as a traitor without honour. He comments later to Brienne on the irony of being despised by so many for his finest act.* Patricia Anne of the ''Literature/SouthernSistersMysteries'' reacts to finding dead bodies by mentally wandering the linen aisle of whatever store is having a sale that week, envisioning what kind of towels and throw pillows she's going to buy.[[/folder]][[folder:Live Action TV]]* Moss of ''Series/TheITCrowd'' visits his Happy Place from time to time.* Gaius Baltar on ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' often went back to his lake house on Caprica when under stressful or dangerous situations. Usually Six, his sometimes-abusive SpiritAdvisor would lounge about with him or rub his back and other parts.** The Cylons on the same show were a [[SubvertedTrope Subversion]], because they didn't go into the Happy Place so much as project it over their real environment.* John Crichton on ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' would go into his subconscious when he wanted to talk to his SpiritAdvisor and former SplitPersonality Harvey. And then there was the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes episode.** Don't forget 'Out of Their Minds', where Rygel is stuck in John's body.---> '''Rygel:''' I'm dreaming, yes that's it! I'm asleep...and I'm dreaming all this. I'll wake up in my royal chamber surrounded by concubines and everything will be fine!** Although we don't see it, Stark retreats to such a place when he's being tortured in the Aurora Chair by Scorpius. It's the one memory he won't let Scorpius have, and he ends up sharing it with Crichton when he too is put in the Chair.* ''{{Titus}}'', of the eponymous comedy show, had a black and white room from where he'd have an InnerMonologue to tell the audience. In one [[MoodWhiplash particularly jarring]] {{Cliffhanger}}, [[spoiler: Titus is implied to have died in a car racing accident, [[GoryDiscretionShot the camera switches to his happy place]], now empty, while the sounds of his friends and fiancee reacting play offscreen.]]* One episode of ''Series/TheFortyFourHundred'' had Tom having a hallucination of a happy life that lasted eight years from his perspective, but occurred over a few seconds of real time.** It turns out that was the power of one of the affected. To generate the Happy Place for whomever she was in contact with.*** It also nearly killed Diana when she chose to stay in the Happy Place rather than coming back to reality.* An odd variant appears in ''TheDrewCareyShow'', where Lewis has both a Happy Place (that he goes to) and a Happy ''Spot'' (the stroking or scratching of which can send him to his Happy Place).* In an episode of the fourth season of ''{{Coupling}}'', one of the characters accompanies her friend to antenatal classes and disappears to her Happy Place (complete with wine and a string quartet) when the actual mechanics of childbirth get discussed. It is later subverted when the Happy Place itself is invaded by related imagery, such as a knife blade emerging between her legs from the red cushion of her chair.* ''JustShootMe'': upon learning the Nina and his father are dating, Dennis retreats into his Happy Place, where he beats an Asian kid and a college professor at a Rubik's Cube competition.* In ''BlackBooks'' Bernard, and then Fran, both escape their dinner guests by hiding under the table. There's a bar under there.* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':** In an episode, Dr. Cox goes to his happy place (a calm beach where he can hear the waves crashing and flocks of seagulls flying overhead) to escape Elliot's chatter, but while he's there, Elliot and Jordan cheerfully arrange a "couple date". And while this is going on a storm breaks out in his happy place.** In another episode, JD's happy place is an ImagineSpot with him as the bandleader for Jay Leno.* In the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' episode "Objects in Space", River unintentionally experiences a Happy Place, where she retreats to shut out the thoughts of the rest of the crew.* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' Djinn in ''What Is And What Should Never Be'' sends it's victims here while he feeds on their blood. Highly disturbingly, Dean's happy place is where he can "rest", his father's still dead (yet still having the amazing ability of being able to bully him from beyond the grave) because a Happy!John would probably make his brain short-out, his perfect girlfriend looks the reaper from the premiere, everyone thinks he's a worthless waste of space (because he's the one who thinks that) and his family all have wonderful lives except him. And the worst thing? [[{{Tearjerker}} He's told that "It's still better than anything he's had."]]* Part of season 3 of ''MyNameIsEarl'' has Earl in a [[ConvenientComa coma]] dreaming of being a character in a pleasant [[DomCom family sitcom]] called "The Hickeys", complete with many typical sitcom tropes including LaughTrack.* Given a ''beautiful'' subversion in ''Series/BurnNotice'', with borderline AxCrazy ActionGirl Fiona:-->'''Fiona''': "Tricia, I want you to try something. It's a relaxation exercise I do in situations like this. I want you to close your eyes, and breathe deep...picture a peaceful mountain stream...picture yourself [[BreadEggsMilkSquick drowning the kidnapper in the stream]]. You're taking a rock from the stream, and raising it above your head, and with tremendous force you're bringing-"* In ''Series/CornerGas'', Brent Leroy's happy place has two scantily clad women, pudding baths, chili cheese dogs and once, The Man from Glad.** Also, from the ThemeSong: "It's a great big place/ Full of nothing but space/ And it's my happy place!"* In ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', Sheldon's Happy Place is ''Literature/{{Flatland}}''.* Mocked in ''Series/StargateSG1'', when Daniel starts to complain that a number of artifacts have been moved (they were in the way), O'Neill cuts him off by telling him to go to his happy place.* In ''Series/{{Community}}'', there is a secret trampoline that can put people into a zen state.** A straighter example is in [[Recap/CommunityS4E01History101 the fourth season premiere]], in which Britta instructs Abed to make a happy place to help him cope with the change going on his life. The result is "Abed's Happy Community College Show," a cliche and [[StatusQuoIsGod stagnant]] {{Sitcom}} reality, complete with LaughTrack. When change begins to seep into Abed's imagined world, he retreats even further into "[[SpinoffBabies Greendale Babies]]."* In ''AsTheWorldTurns'', [[NiceGuy Luke]] helps the claustrophobic neurosurgeon [[DrJerk Reid]] calm down while they are stuck in an elevator by telling to go to his happy place. Reid's happy place is the brain, as he is very fascinated by brains, * In season 2 of ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', Will Graham spends a lot of time imagining himself fishing in an idyllic river. [[spoiler:He has to do ''something'' to keep calm while he's stuck in a mental institution awaiting trial for murder.]] Nasty bits of the outside world do occasionally break in, though: bloated dead bodies floating past him, the [[ArcSymbol Ravenstag]] walking on the riverbank, and the {{Wendigo}} rising from the water to stare hungrily at him, to name a few.[[/folder]][[folder:Music]]* {{Evanescence}}'s song "Imaginary" describes one of these places. The lyrics talk about a "field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby" that the singer escapes to because her life is "the nightmare I built my own world to escape".* PaulMcCartney referred to "[[Music/TheBeatles Yellow Submarine]]" as this. * In Music/DavidByrne's "Back in the Box", the narrator keeps going back into his box because he can't deal with the outside world.-->And now love's terrifying.\\I cannot hide what I want.\\You cannot hear me or see me\\when I go back in the box.[[/folder]][[folder:Theatre]]* Harper from ''AngelsInAmerica'' has a great many (Valium-induced) hallucinations that fill this purpose.* In ''Trouble in Tahiti'', Diane sings of a garden "where love will lead us to a quiet place." The thought of it is the only happy escape she finds from her life in StepfordSuburbia.* Young Cosette's song "Castle on a Cloud" in ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.[[/folder]][[folder:Video Games]]* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''' lead Fei not only has several [[SplitPersonality Split Personalities]], but several hang out in their own Happy Place apart from each other and Fei. Poor guy's head must feel like a condo.** Fei's MPD was a coping mechanism that young Fei's developed to deal with the painful experiments that his own mother (who was [[NotHimself Not Herself]], long story) put him through. Young Fei created a second personality (named Id, who calls the original "the coward") to bear the brunt of the trauma while the original personality retreated to a literal Happy place; a vault that contained all the happy memories that he had ever experienced. The inversion of this Trope also applies to Id, who's stuck in land containing nothing but the "unhappy" memories, due to the presence of a ''3rd'' personality (the current Fei) that was created to contain the psychotic Id.* The entire plot of [[{{Tsukihime}} Kagetsu Tohya]] is based on how Shiki comes to realize that he's trapped in Len's version of a LotusEaterMachine, which is really more of what he would consider this trope. All she really wants is a normal, happy every day life. While inside, he's always fairly happy while staying in the bounds of Len's script. He doesn't have to fight vampires, he can be with all his friends and love interests, it's always exciting and hey, maybe there's a festival going on! But that's Len's happy place, and she's a dream familiar that dragged him with her while thinking she was helping him after Arcueid knocked him out on accident.* In ''[[VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon Project Origin]]'', one of the recurring visions Becket keeps experiencing from [[TheWoobie Alma]] is of a hilltop amidst tall, waving grass with a single swingset hanging from the tree. The significance of this scene doesn't become apparent until the end of the game, when you reach Still Island. [[spoiler: The tree and the swingset ''were'' real, but sandwiched into a muddy corner of the nuclear power plant's sewer system, and the place you ended up visiting is what she kept trying to imagine it as: the only Happy Place she had amidst all the experimentation and misery she experienced as a child.]]* In ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}: The Great Escape'', there is an odd alternate ending in the middle of the game. After beating a level called The Cave of Bad Dreams (actually the BlackBugRoom of the god of that world), Rayman can choose whether or not to accept a huge pile of gold he does not need. If he does take it, the game ends on a shot of Rayman, very fat and happy, relaxing on a tiny tropical island, with the entire world around him in ruins. However, The Cave of Bad Dreams is a large SchrodingersButterfly, so it can't be known if the island is real or not.* Subverted. Wonderland used to be this, in ''AmericanMcGeesAlice''.** Also subverted in the sequel, ''AliceMadnessReturns''. Wonderland [[YankTheDogsChain initially looks like it will be a happy place]] for [[TheOphelia Alice]], and that her [[BedlamHouse therapy]] has paid off, but things go wrong soon after she [[GoAmongMadPeople arrives]].* ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'': Duke Nukem's [[DoubleEntendre Happy]] Place is a strip club called Titty City.[[/folder]][[folder:Webcomics]]* In the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' webcomic ''Webcomic/UGMadness'', R&D director Mark Rosewater's happy place is inhabited by talking consumer products, three post-mortem samurai, and a giant red hairball named Thomas.* [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02232009.shtml This]] ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' strip recommends the use of a Happy Place to avoid giving unwanted raises.* A ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' guest comic done by the guys at ''Webcomic/MacHall'' showed Piro at a convention attempting to commit seppuku. As they're trying to wrestle the blade out of his hands, someone yells out, "Go to your happy place, Piro! Sad girl in snow!"* When [[TheWoobie Fumbles]] is tortured in ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'', he suffers a HeroicBSOD. However, it's shown that he's actually in his Happy Place, having MontyHaul adventures as Senor Vorpal Kickass'O.[[/folder]][[folder:Web Original]]* This infamous {{Creepypasta}} story turns this trope into high-octane ParanoiaFuel.-->It has been reported that some victims of violence, during the act, would retreat into a fantasy world from which they could not WAKE UP. In this catatonic state, the victim lived in a world just like their normal one, except they weren't being raped. The only way that they realized they needed to WAKE UP was a note they found in their fantasy world. It would tell them about their condition, and tell them to WAKE UP. Even then, it would often take months until they were ready to discard their fantasy world and PLEASE WAKE UP.* The ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' fan song "Happy Place" is about an undead rogue whose happy place is picking flowers. Just don't pick his flowers or he'll gank you 'til the cows come home.* For ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'', it's ads of Shakespearean actors reading classic poetry while classical music plays. "Pretension Nirvana!"* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's happy place is being with Catherine Zeta Jones and she wearing only a hat, tie, glasses and a long sweater.* [[AgonyBooth Mr. Mendo's]] [[http://www.agonybooth.com/video1100_My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls_2013_Longer_Review.aspx happy place]] is where ''every'' movie is dubbed over by lines from SonInLaw. (Well, technically EncinoMan, but would you really know the difference?)* In ''WebVideo/MidnightScreenings'', Jake admitted his happy place is playing the theme to ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' in his head.[[/folder]][[folder:Western Animation]]* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' Gumball suffers a traumatic event (being kissed on the lips by his grandmother) and Darwin tries to help him recover by finding his happy place.* In the famous ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' episode "Attack of the Clowns", Billy goes to his "happy place" to get away from Grim and Mandy, who are trying to force him to face his fear of clowns. There, he has a conversation with his "inner frat boy", who convinces him to face his fears... by beating the crap out of any clown he sees.* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' has the Freak-a-Zone, where the titular SuperHero goes when Dexter Douglas is in control.** Also:--->'''Freakazoid''': NOOO! GET OUTTA HERE WITH THAT WATCH!!! [[ItMakesSenseInContext LAY OFF THE POOR BEAVERS, WILLYA?!!!]] SHEEEEEZ!!! YOU'RE A CREEP!!!! GO AWAY!!!! WE WERE HAVING A GOOD TIME UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP, JEEPERS!!! UNGGGGH! GO HAVE SOME COFFEE WITH CREAM OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING,THIS IS A HAPPY PLACE!* One of the pilots featured in Creator/CartoonNetwork's "Big Pick" was ''Commander Cork: Space Ranger'', a thickheaded space explorer who could retreat into his idyllic Happy Place at a moment's notice. At the episode's climax, with the villain torturing him with [[SuperpoweredEvilSide a manifestation of his inner rage]], he desperately retreated into his Happy Place, only to somehow bring his nemesis along with him; he himself was promptly kicked out, leaving the villain in control of his Happy Place. "Whoa. That ''can't'' be good." As the pilot was never picked up, nothing ever really came of this.* In the second ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' ''Star Wars'' special, going into this was how Anakin was able to bring himself to kill the Jedi children -- retreating into his memory of Naboo, where he and Padme fell in love. Instead of children, he now sees sunflowers... [[spoiler: The punchline is that he leaves a pile of the resultant "fresh-cut sunflowers" on a table for her afterward.]]* In the MTV adaptation of ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'' the antagonist Mr. Gone narrates thus in the intro: ''Most of us inhabit at least two worlds: the real world where we're at the mercy of circumstance and the world within, a safe place where we can escape.''* "Calm Blue Ocean. Calm Blue Ocean," chants Miss Hoover, after Lisa [[TheSimpsons Simpson]] steals every teacher's guide in the school.** Arguably, this is the reason why Homer envisions the disgusting fantasies while chanting "ThinkUnsexyThoughts" during the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer Simpson".* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Petergeist", Stewie's Happy Place is being on {{MTV}}'s ''Series/{{Jackass}}'', kicking his father's ass.* Tweek has one in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.* ''TheTick'': Recovering [[ThePunisher Punisher]]-{{expy}} Bigshot ends up adopting this to resolve conflicts in "The Tick vs. The Tick". He doesn't hold up very long...-->'''Bigshot:''' I said PUT IT IN THE HAPPY BOX!!* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' when Mabel gets too stressed, she hides herself away in her sweater, as seen in "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel".-->'''Mabel:''' Mabel's not here now, she's in Sweater Town...* [[AnIcePerson The Ice King]] from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has his "Imagination Zone," inhabited by [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses numerous princesses]] and happy sunsets. He seems to enter it when knocked out, but can also [[MentalWorld magically teleport there]] and bring others along. * When WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}} gets bored at the doctor's waiting room, he retreats into his own mind, and after trying out a few happy places, settles on "Candy Brain", where everything is made of candy.[[/folder]][[folder:Real Life]]* Going to your "happy place," or taking a mental vacation, is a recommended coping strategy for people with a variety of mental conditions (anxiety, depression, bipolar, borderline personality disorder, etc.) to deal with stressful situations, so long as these trips remain ''short term.'' If a person begins spending a significant portion of his or her time away from reality, it may be time to use other coping methods more often. * Autistic fantasy is a form of withdrawal into the mental world to avoid dealing with real people and situations. Despite the name, it is not restricted to those on the autism spectrum; individuals with personality disorders may also use this as an (unhealthy/lower level) coping strategy. Rather than a mental vacation, those who live these fantasies substitute the mental world for the real one and avoid taking actions that might resolve their problems. ** Some people with autism/Asperger's Syndrome have healthier variants. Some have a ''task,'' like writing or drawing, that acts as their 'happy place,' where they can be undisturbed and work out their emotions. Others don't retreat into imagination at all, but just need to cool down in a quiet, private place.[[/folder]]----


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Alex Ovechkin has had statistically his worst season since first entering the NHL in 2005. Bruins sophomore forward Tyler Seguin actually tallied more points (Seguin 67, Ovechkin 65) than the two-time Hart trophy winner (MVP) this season.
But don't be fooled by the underwhelming numbers, Ovechkin remains one of the most dominant and fear-inducing forwards in all of hockey.
Boston's defensive pairing of Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg will be tasked with shutting down the steam-rolling winger, during the Bruins first-round play series against the Capitals. Chara has found success against Ovechkin in the past, holding the 26-year-old forward to just one goal in his past seven games against Boston. But it could be Washington's second line that causes the Bruins the most trouble in round one.
The duo of Alexander Semin and Nicklas Backstrom, who recently returned from injury, have been as potent second line as any in the NHL over the past few seasons. Semin's consistency on the wing and Backstrom's emergence as a viable threat at the center position make the tandem one that deserves constant attention.
Keeping both Ovechkin and the Semin-Backstrom pairing in check for an entire series will be an intricate task, and one that Claude Julien may have to gameplan around heading into the opening round.
Bruins beat writer Douglas Flynn stopped in for his weekly podcast with NESN.com's Luke Hughes to chat about Ovechkin's impact on the series, Tim Thomas' hopes to repeat his 2011 dominance and which Bruins could play an important role this postseason.
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Chocolate Caramel Peanut Truffles
Recipe courtesy Sara Moulton, Sara Moulton Cooks at Home, Broadway Books, 2002
- Total Time:
- 3 hr 50 min
- Prep:
- 30 min
- Inactive:
- 3 hr
- Cook:
- 20 min
- Yield:
- about 40 truffles
- Level:
- Intermediate
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 9 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup finely chopped peanuts, for coating
Place the sugar in a heavy saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring just until the sugar has melted. Continue cooking, swirling the pan often, until the sugar is dark golden caramel. Remove the pan from the heat and carefully pour in the cream. Return the pan to the heat and simmer, stirring, until the caramel has dissolved.
Remove the pan from the heat and, while hot, stir in the chocolate, peanut butter, salt, and vanilla. Let stand for about 5 minutes or until the chocolate and peanut butter have dissolved. Transfer to a bowl and cool to room temperature. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill until firm, about 2 hours.
Use a small spoon to scoop out the truffles and form into 1-inch balls. Roll the truffles in the peanuts and transfer to a tray covered with waxed paper. Chill until firm, about 1 hour. Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Recipe courtesy Sara Moulton, Sara Moulton Cooks at Home, Broadway Books, 2002
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Michael Fish
Michael Fish MBE, FRMetS |
Born | Eastbourne |
27 April 1944
Nationality | British |
Education | Eastbourne College |
Alma mater | City University London |
Occupation | Meteorologist |
Years active | 1962–present (53 years) |
Employer | Met Office |
Television | BBC |
Awards | TRIC Award |
Website | |
Michael Fish |
Michael Fish, MBE (born 27 April 1944 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is a semi-retired British weather forecaster, best known for his BBC Weather television presentations, although he was actually employed by the Met Office.
He became infamous in the wake of the Great Storm of 1987; a few hours before the storm broke, on 15 October 1987, he said during a forecast: "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way... well, if you're watching, don't worry, there isn't!". That evening, the worst storm to hit South East England for three centuries caused record damage and killed 19 people.
More than eight years after retiring from the BBC national forecast, he is now making a return to regular forecasting, presenting a weekly weather forecast for Netweather.tv and occasional forecasts for BBC South East Today, BBC London and Radio Kent.[1]
Schooled at Eastbourne College and City University London, Fish is the longest serving broadcast meteorologist on British television and probably the world.[citation needed] He joined the Met Office in 1962 and started on BBC Radio in 1971. He took up the role on television in 1974, around the same time as the first woman presenter, Barbara Edwards.
Fish was awarded the MBE in 2004 for services to broadcasting. He also holds Honorary Doctorates of Science from both Exeter and City Universities as well as the Freedom of the City of London. He was compulsorily retired by the Civil Service and he made his final forecast on 6 October 2004 on the BBC Ten O'Clock News bulletin. In a specially extended report[2] fellow forecaster Ian McCaskill paid tribute to Fish in stating that "Michael is the last of the true weatherman you will ever see. Michael can actually interpret the skies - he can do the weather forecast the hard way: the old way that people don't do anymore, because nowadays most of the decisions are made by the computer."
That year he was also awarded the TRIC Award for TV Weather Presenter of the Year and The Sunday Times gave him the honour of 'National Treasure'. He has recently resumed forecasting on BBC South East Today, providing holiday cover for the regular forecaster and has also taken to acting. He is a Patron of numerous organisations and charities.
Michael Fish also co-authored a book with Paul Hudson and Ian McCaskill called Storm Force: Britain's Wildest Weather, published in October 2007. Fish was awarded an honorary degree by City University London in 1996 and Exeter University in the summer of 2005.
In the last few years he has taken up a new career, that of acting. He starred in a Nationwide Tour of A Play What I Wrote and later had a part in French Paste at the Shaw Theatre, London. Apart from acting his time is now spent on the after-dinner and lecture circuit as well as doing voice overs, compering and writing.
He is married and has two daughters.
Hurricane controversy[edit]
In later years, Fish claimed that he had been referring to a hurricane in Florida,[3] in a link to a news story in the BBC One O'Clock News that preceded the weather bulletin. But he did not mention Florida in his forecast, which was made amid widespread worries about a coming storm: that morning, the Surrey Record had warned of "furious gales",[citation needed] so both his caller and his viewers likely believed he was referring to Britain. Fish did go on to warn of high winds for the UK, although the storm that actually occurred was far stronger than he had predicted (albeit, technically not a hurricane). 15 years later he commented that if he was given a penny for every mention of that forecast, he would be a millionaire. In 2012, a clip of the bulletin was shown as part of a video montage in the London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[4]
In reaction to the controversy, the term "Michael effect" has been coined, whereby British weathermen are now inclined to predict "a worst-case scenario in order to avoid being caught out".[5]
Fish said in a BBC interview that there was actually no woman caller who phoned in to the BBC regarding the storm (although over the years many have claimed to be the woman caller). It was in fact a white lie he made up himself, as another staff member at the BBC told him his mother in Wales was going to Florida and mentioned she had heard there was a storm coming, so he thought it would be a good opening line to start the forecast with, and said "Earlier on today, apparently, a woman rang the BBC...".[3]
Personality and popular culture[edit]
Much ahead of his colleague, John Kettley, Fish had a record dedicated to him in 1985 by the punk group Rachel and Nicki called "I wish, I wish, he was like Michael Fish". This was featured on Wogan.[6]
One of Fish's weather forecasts was sampled by electronic dance band The Prodigy on their "Experience" album track "Weather Experience".
In 2012 Fish worked with Rapanui Clothing, an award winning eco fashion company to coordinate a base jump from a block of flats in central London to raise awareness of climate change.[7]
Other television appearances[edit]
Fish has appeared on dozens of other television programmes, ranging from scientific broadcasts to comedy shows and quizzes. He appeared on BBC2's gameshow Identity on 3 September 2007 as a TV Weather Forecaster. On 14 October 2007 he appeared on Radio 4's Sunday news review Broadcasting House as a guest newspaper reviewer and delivered the weather forecast at the end of the programme.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Great Storm, Michael Fish returned to deliver the weather forecast on the BBC's One O'Clock and Six O'Clock news on 15 October 2007.
He also starred on Let's Dance for Sports Relief on 27 February 2010, dancing to It's Raining Men by the The Weather Girls. Although he was the star of his performance, his part in the routine was rather small; it consisted of entering the stage, acknowledging the girls who were dancing around him, and ripping his blazer off to reveal a tie with a fish on it. At the end of the performance, he said: "Someone has to play the hunk".
Fish was also on Soccer AM the day before the 25th anniversary of the hurricane incident and won a trip to the Isle of Ronaldo's.
On the strength of his surname Michael Fish has landed a cameo role in the £1 Fish Man's video of Muhammad Shahid Nazir singing One Pound Fish. He appears for a brief part with three dancers. He's seen waving while wearing a T-shirt with the £1 Fish Man's price tag.[8] On 24 September 2014 he appeared as himself in an episode of the television series Crackanory, giving advice to a younger weatherman plagued by worldwide fame.
St Jude storm[edit]
The St Jude storm, also known as Christian, was a severe European windstorm that struck Northwestern Europe on 27 October 2013.
Michael Fish was widely quoted, this time telling the public that people should delay going into work if hurricane-force winds hit their area.[9]
- ^ "National Treasure | Weather | Forecaster | BBC". Michael Fish. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "BBC Weather 6th October 2004: Farewell Michael Fish". BBC. 2004-10-06.
- ^ a b "Michael Fish and the 1987 Storm". BBC. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "BBC News - Great Storm of 1987: Michael Fish's 'white lie'". BBC. 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090528/tuk-gloomy-met-office-forecast-cost-seas-a7ad41d.html
- ^ "Biography of Michael Fish - MBE Hon. D.Sc. FRMetS". Michael-fish.com. 1944-04-27. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "Video: Watch Michael Fish B.A.S.E jump for climate change awareness". Daily Mirror (Trinity Mirror). 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "Michael Fish stars in the £1 Fish Man's video". The Sun (News International). 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
- ^ "St Jude's Day storm brings hurricane-strength winds to UK". The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). Retrieved 2013-10-28.
External links[edit]
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- Michael Fish at Knight Ayton Management
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Jay Baruchel grew up in Montreal, Canada. At 12, he began taking acting classes. He started his career as a host on a Canadian children's TV show. In 2000 he moved into movies with a role in Almost Famous. He forged a career playing supporting roles in features including Million Dollar Baby and Knocked Up. He has since moved on to leading roles in She's Out Of My League and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
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KANSAS CITY — Security agents detained a man and shut down one of three terminals at the main airport in Kansas City after a suspicious device was detected inside a carry-on bag on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The device was found at about 9:30 a.m. at the Southwest Airlines checkpoint at Kansas City International Airport, Aviation Department spokesman Joe McBride said.
The man was detained after he refused to allow transportation security agents to examine something in his bag, Southwest spokesman Chris Mainz said.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said the suspicious package was X-rayed and no explosive material was found. The package was "disrupted in such a way to preserve" evidence by the bomb squad, she said. She declined to say what was in the bag.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) released a statement saying the area around the checkpoint was evacuated "out of an abundance of caution," and Patton said the terminal remained closed Sunday afternoon. She said the man was in the custody of airport security.
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One of the most popular fitness products in the world today (and for a while now) is the Ab Circle Pro abdominal trainer. It's sold tens of thousands of items all over the world. It's no wonder really as this machine certainly looks like a lot of fun to use and the infomercial is very appealing.
But before you begin imagining yourself working out for 3 minutes each day and having flat and sexy abs, let's find out what is the truth about the Ab Circle Pro. Is this machine alone really enough to deliver all these fantastic results? Does the Ab Circle really work?
This is a difficult question to answer in a way which will not be totally negative to the overall performance of this machine. Yes, you can do an abdominal workout with the Ab Circle. Yes, you can even work your thighs and buttocks with it. Yes, it's easy to set up and store in your house and it's easy to use. However, what you care about most of all is the kind of results you can hope to get with this product.
Basically, what the ad makes you feel is that you can pretty much use this machine and lose belly fat and get flat abs as a result. Even though there are proper disclaimers on their website and so on, it is the nature of advertising to paint the rosiest picture possible and I see no problem with that.
The problem is that you may get disappointed and I don't want that to happen to you. Not at all.
You aren't likely to get flat abs by using the Ab Circle Pro. That's the truth. It's not something that's specifically wrong with this machine. This is true for all abdominal exercise machines. None of them can provide you wil flat abs. None.
The truth of how our body burns fat is the reason. Most people find it logical that you can burn fat from a specific body part by doing targeted exercises. I used to believe it too. It makes sense, you do crunches or work with the Ab Circle so you should burn belly fat, right? Wrong. Our body simply doesn't work that way.
Just like you can't choose to which body part the calories in the food you eat will go so you can't choose from which body part you will lose fat. It doesn't matter which muscles you workout. You don't burn belly fat specifically, you either burn body fat in general or not at all.
Doing stomach workouts can help you burn body fat, but far less than what is implied in those infomercials. Fat loss is a process which involves cardio, full body strength training, and the right diet plan. It's just not as easy as working out with any fitness machine for 3 minutes a day. It doesn't work that way.
The Ab Circle may be fun to use and it may even be helpful. However, you will need more to get the optimal results that you seek. Really make a change in your life by working out and eating better and you will see results.
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...Man Im addicted to this place ( it didnt take much )...The only thing more fun then messing about on boats is talking about them.
Thats a fair question Dave and I'll try to answer that.
I know my Girls... if I can keep them warm their up for about anything..And even though they like dock amenities and exploring water front hamlets we all really like the solitude that only comes from anchoring out... Also my line of work gives me way more time off ( without pay ) in the winter..so funds for marina stays are less available but time for boating in general is greater.
Its a bummer but thats what it is..One of the many reasons I fall into the condo on the water type boat owner verses a more sporty pointing boat...Give em lots of room and open space, all the amenities of home and they will want to be out there with me...And I love my women with me if they arnt around and enjoying partaking in my life I dont enjoy doing it either. ..so heat it is.
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On Jan. 21, the front yard and driveway of Crandal's Huntington Beach home look like a surf-industry garage sale. Two white SUVs are parked out front, each attached to a small trailer carrying a Jet Ski. A pair of narrow, 9-foot-plus boards, called "guns" or "rhino chasers," lie side by side in the grass, a pile of shorter boards stacked a few feet away. Two of the boards have straps attached to the deck. Two black wetsuits are stretched out on the driveway in direct sunlight, drying after a morning surf session. Duke, the family dog, trots out of the garage with a neoprene glove in his mouth.
Crandal, 55, strides out the front door, wearing tennis shoes, wraparound sunglasses and a backward San Diego Padres hat. He's short and stocky, with tanned, weathered skin. He has grease beneath a few of his fingernails.
"You ready for this, Skipper?" Crandal yells. Staats is driving the other white SUV and has just arrived.
Clay and his friend Jessie Steelman are packing up the car. Both look the Southern California teenage-surfer part: shaggy blond hair, zip-up hoodie over a T-shirt, and skinny jeans. The third teenager is a friend from Florida, who caught a red-eye flight to make it in time. He's sporting a Miami Heat hat and is regretting having had lunch that afternoon instead of going to buy a thicker wetsuit.
Shortly after 1 p.m., the two-car caravan is on the road, headed for the border. Over the course of the hour-and-a-half drive, Crandal is on the phone, talking with friends who are tracking the swell from various big-wave outposts. A friend in Hawaii says the swell has dropped from Thursday but is holding consistent in the 20-foot-plus range. Another friend, his former tow-in partner, recently moved to Santa Cruz and is scouting Moss Landing. It is also showing good size. Some say the swell is fading fast; others think the group will motor up to Killers on Saturday morning and score classic conditions. It feels like a total crapshoot, but Crandal seems confident.
The caravan makes a final stop just before the border to refuel the cars, fill the extra gas canisters for the Jet Skis, and add a third and final vehicle. Dana Barré, a chiropractor from Cardiff in San Diego County, drives a massive gray truck with an extra lift and giant tires. His truck is towing a Jet Ski trailer, as well.
When the truck pulls up, Barré flashes a middle finger out his window, and then walks into the store. He reappears carrying a 30-pack of Tecate. He's a thickly built man, with disproportionately broad shoulders and short, curly brown hair. He's dressed like he just rolled off his couch, black socks and all. Since the swell wasn't expected to be anywhere near Barré's desired size—the bigger the better, with gaping barrels—it took some cajoling from Crandal to get him to come along.
"It was either this or spend all weekend working on my 'honey-do' list," Barré admits.
Together, the group merges into the slow-moving traffic crossing into Mexico. After passing through Customs at the border, the group is on the toll highway racing along the coast. After weaving through the Mexican countryside, the road bends around a final stretch of land, unveiling Todos Santos Bay. The sun has just sunk below the horizon, splashing the sky with pastel shades of red, orange, pink and blue. The ocean's surface carries a deeper shade of each color, except for a single spot in the middle—Isla de Todos Santos, silhouetted against the darkening sky. It looks like a giant oil stain on the ocean's surface, except for two blinking lights on opposite ends.
Before finding food or a place to stay, the three vehicles head to the marina. On evenings before anticipated big swells, it's alive with surfers tinkering with boats and Jet Skis, prepping boards and launching whichever watercraft will get them to the island. On this night, no one else is present—that's either a very good sign or a very bad one.
By 6 p.m., the cars are parked close together, the music turned up loud to the wailing beats of Ben Harper. While Crandal and Staats tend to the boat's motor, changing the oil by headlamp, the boys load the 12 boards onto the boat, attach the rescue sleds—which look like a boogie board for the obese—to the Jet Skis, and then launch them into the water. Ray Catteeuw, who rode down with Barré, is repositioning the straps on his tow-board. Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Catteeuw is relatively new to the big-wave game, with enough brains and muscle to handle the beatings. He's a computer analyst by day and a recreational rugby player by weekend.
Once everything is set for the early-morning departure, the group heads into town to find a taco stand and a few beers, plus stock up on food for what will be a long day on the water.
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The phone's ring pierces the thin walls of the hotel. Then comes the rush of water through pipes, the creak of a door, the pounding of fists on wood. Crandal is anxious to get back to the marina.
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enjoyed this article. That guy's tube from the Rosarito Beach session should have been on Surfline. The Gerr one was sick. Keep charging, boys.
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